@article{ref1,
title="Cell phones and motor vehicle fatalities",
journal="Procedia engineering",
year="2014",
author="Muehlegger, Erich and Shoag, Daniel",
volume="78",
number="",
pages="173-177",
abstract="We examine real-world data on 6,700 motor vehicle crashes and data on cell phone usage in a mid-sized European country. In a non-experimental context, we document a positive correlation at the cell-tower level between call volumes and the likelihood of a nearby motor vehicle accident leading to a serious injury. We demonstrate that these correlations are robust to a series of controls. Scaling our estimates by the number of crashes in our data, we estimate that a 100% increase in call volumes is associated with a 15% to 43% increase in the likelihood of a serious crash.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1877-7058",
doi="10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.054",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.054"
}